Word: midwest
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...moving to the U.S. in large numbers 30 years ago. During the Vietnam War, the CIA enlisted them to help fight communists in Laos. But when that country fell in 1975, the U.S., out of gratitude, allowed Hmong to immigrate to America, and they settled primarily in the upper Midwest at the invitation of religious groups offering to sponsor them. Today 46,000 Hmong live in Wisconsin and 60,000 in Minnesota. St. Paul, home to 24,000 Hmong, has the highest concentration in the U.S. Over the years, they have established themselves as hardworking, middle-class business owners, their...
...terms of yield. He asked California-based Trimble, a navigation technology company, to design for him a GPS that would work for the hulking machines of grain country. That fall, Mitchell installed the Trimble AgGPS AutoPilot guidance system on his tractor, making his farm the first in the Midwest to use auto-steering...
...student, who comes from a small town in the Midwest, recalls the culture of silence that revolved around money at Harvard. “It was absolutely secret—when I was an undergraduate we were very secretive about our financial dealings. It is a real visceral social pressure—at least...
...student, who comes from a small town in the Midwest, recalls the culture of silence that revolved around money at Harvard. “It was absolutely secret—when I was an undergraduate we were very secretive about our financial dealings. It is a real visceral social pressure—at least...
...should be able to absolve my state from sin. I mean, I don’t live in Ohio and though Michigan had me scared for a moment on election night, 51 percent did vote for Kerry. In fact, the Midwest acquitted itself fairly well, if you weren’t in Indiana or the aforementioned four-letter state, but I was disappointed. This was my world, my home, it could succeed, it could do better. With admiration, I spoke of my pre-election swing state status, determined that with my coaching it would all work out all right...